Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-05-06


been found guilty
The interstate commissioners are max
ing tour OF the south
COME ierate Memorial day was oh
served in the south April 26.
A national health conference is to be
held in Springfield H., May "a.
The report that cholera is raging in
Mexico is authoritatively denied.
A new postal treaty between the United
States and Mexico, is being prepared.
The Indian population Of Yuma, A. T.,
j. being rapidly depleted by the measles.
IL is reported that over 600 children in
Madison, Wis, are down with the measles
The Illinois house defe atei the bill pro
hibiting the playing OF base ball on Sun
day.
The so-called crucifix bill introduced in
the Quebec legislature has been with
drawn.
A monument in memory OF John G. Cal,
houn was unveiled in Charleston, 5. &.
April %.
national association Of wire nail manu-
facturers was formed in Ittsburg the
other day.
1t is reported from Rome that Rev. Or.
McGlynn WI he suspended from his pas
toral duties.
The Presbyterian and Lutheran churches
in Kankakee, Ill, were destroyed by fire
on the st inst.
General Sherman will attend the dedica-
ton Of the soldiers monument at New
Haven June IL.
Four cottages in process OF erection in
II.
and four workmen killed.
Cincinnati has already commenced to
offer inducements for the two national
convention, u be held in ISIS
An accident occurred in the tunnel col
lery at Ashland. Pa, the other morning,
10y which five men were killed.
The heart of the business portion OF
Sylvania Ohio was destroyed by fire the
other day, at loss OF over $4,000.
The interstate commerce commissioners
have decided that railroads may give free
transportation 10 sisters Of charity.
sharp Smiths house near Columbia, s.
c., burned the other morning, and
three little children were burned to death.
The board Of pardons of Pennsylvania
recommend the pardon Of the last Of the
famous Molly Maguires' now in prison.
The Department of State is considering
the question of the jurisdiction Of the
United States over the Alaskan sea
fisheries
Adv ses from KODIAK, Alaska, state that
the schooner Flying Scud, hailng from
that place has been lost, and Is men
drowned.
Chicago's new mayor has ordered the
police TO furnish him with li,t Of disrep-
utable saloons, and he proposes to wage
war on them.
James ID. We,cott exAssociate Justice
If the Supreme court of Florida, is dead
He was son Of Florda's first United
states senator.
Dr. w. 7. Northrop, a prominent ply
stefan and prohibitionist of Haverville
Scioto county, o., has been murdered by
a saloon keeper.
During the burning Of Willis Bros gro
Gerry in Pitt, burg the other day, two per
eons were burned 70 death and three 9th
ers fatally in ured
In attempting TO ford the Anglaize river
near Conant, Ohio, the team containing
Hamlin Miller, his wife and child was car.
red away, and the two latter were
drowned.
A vault and safe in the ship-chandlery
house of g. b. Carpenter q Co, Of Chicago
were drilled open the other night and
money and iewelry TO the value of Sll 900
were sto,en
The Grant relics which have been care
fully guarded in one of the private rooms
If = ba al hos
on public exhibition in the north hall of
the museum.
Marker Rush, n we'll known character in
Pittsburg, at one time worth over half
million dollars, died in the city poor farm
the other day. Rush lost his money at
the gambling table
The Bell telephone company has fled a
demurrer TO the governments suit TO
nu lily its patents. The case will be
argued some weeks hence in the United
States court in Boston.
Baron NorIensksold expects TO spend a
year and half on the Antartic expedltion
in equipping which he i, being assisted by
his old patrons of the Vega voyage. King
Oscar and Mr.. Dickson
James Policy. an ll-year old boy Of
Shenandoah, Pa, was playing around the
ears tie other day, Wien he was TANNED
between the bumpers Of a coal car and an
oil tank and cru he'd to death.
Dr. Mary Walker believe, that the Chas.
H. W alker who died recently in New or
leans leaving fortune of $3.50 was
relative of hers, and she is taking steps to
see whether she is not his legal heir
The supreme court Of Vermont has de-
cded that n conspiracy among workmen
TO prevent Others from working or Icing
hired is a crime at common law and pun.
ishhble under the statutes Of Vermont.
The United States circuit court at New
Orleans has given the Texas and Pacific
road, which Is in the hands of receivers
immunity from the long and short haul
clause of the inter state commerce law
Mrs Christina CpenhoH while fooling
with a revolver at Terre Haute, Ind, ac-
cidentally shot Mr.. linen in the abdomen.
The latter was about 10 become a mother